Patriarchy has no gender.
BELL HOOKSOne of the most subversive institutions in the United States is the public library.
More Bell Hooks Quotes
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You can only realize change if you live simply. Once people want enormous excess, you can hardly do social change.
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It’s in the act of having to do things that you don’t want to that you learn something about moving past the self. Past the ego.
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Honesty and openness is always the foundation of insightful dialogue.
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Death is with you all the time; you get deeper in it as you move towards it, but it’s not unfamiliar to you. It’s always been there, so what becomes unfamiliar to you when you pass away from the moment is really life.
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When we face pain in relationships our first response is often to sever bonds rather than to maintain commitment.
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If any female feels she need anything beyond herself to legitimate and validate her existence, she is already giving away her power to be self-defining, her agency.
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My idea of a delicious time is to read a book that is wonderful. But the ruling passion of my life is being a seeker after truth and the divine.
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To know love we have to invest time and commitment.
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When we choose to love, we choose to move against fear, against alienation and separation. The choice to love is a choice to connect, to find ourselves in the other.
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All the men I fall for seem to have a commitment problem.
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The function of art is to do more than tell it like it is-it’s to imagine what is possible.
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I think Black people need to take self-esteem seriously.
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I believe that it is impossible for two individuals not committed to their own and each other’s well being to sustain a healthy and enduring relationship.
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Since loving is about knowing, we have more meaningful love relationships when we know each other and it takes time to know each other.
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I think life experiences are different for people who know what they want as children.
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